Global Patent Index - EP 1912866 A2

EP 1912866 A2 20080423 - DISPENSING CLOSURE, PACKAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE

Title (en)

DISPENSING CLOSURE, PACKAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE

Title (de)

ABGABEVERSCHLUSS, PACKUNG UND HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN

Title (fr)

FERMETURE DE DISTRIBUTION, EMBALLAGE ET PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION

Publication

EP 1912866 A2 20080423 (EN)

Application

EP 06787289 A 20060714

Priority

  • US 2006027360 W 20060714
  • US 19044305 A 20050727

Abstract (en)

[origin: US2007023462A1] A dispensing closure includes a closure shell of one-piece integrally molded plastic construction having a base for securement to a container neck finish and a lid coupled by a hinge to the base. The base has a deck, a recess extending across the deck from a point adjacent to the hinge, and a dispensing opening in the recess. The lid has a base portion for receipt in the recess in the closed position of the lid and a tongue at an end of the lid remote from the hinge. A latch on the base in the recess engages the tongue on the lid releasably to hold the lid in the closed position. The latch preferably comprises a snap latch that includes an internal bead on the tongue and an external latch element in the recess over which the internal bead is received in the closed position of the lid. The base preferably includes a ledge in the recess against which the tongue abuts, and a pair of ribs for frictionally holding the tongue against the body.

IPC 8 full level

B65D 47/08 (2006.01); B65D 47/20 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B65D 47/0804 (2013.01 - EP US); B65D 47/2031 (2013.01 - EP US); B65D 2205/00 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2007015752A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE ES FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 2007023462 A1 20070201; US 7628297 B2 20091208; AU 2006276269 A1 20070208; AU 2006276269 B2 20120322; CA 2629728 A1 20070208; EP 1912866 A2 20080423; NZ 565498 A 20100129; WO 2007015752 A2 20070208; WO 2007015752 A3 20070503

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 19044305 A 20050727; AU 2006276269 A 20060714; CA 2629728 A 20060714; EP 06787289 A 20060714; NZ 56549806 A 20060714; US 2006027360 W 20060714